Beautiful, Satisfying Mid 19th C. Solid Iron Blacksmith's/Jeweler's Anvil lush landscaoe and a bit of moodiness

and a bit of moodiness to those quiet purples and grays--maybe ethereal is a better word

Lincoln seems a pretty good one to have around

) and surely it could be put to use now holding all sorts of precious things

of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust

Beautiful, Satisfying Mid 19th C. Solid Iron Blacksmith's/Jeweler's Anvil lush landscaoe and a bit of moodinessMy knowledge of tools is limited, but I believe this would have been used by a blacksmith doing fine work, or a jeweler, and I guess the pair of wonderfully snake like recessed forms at the top represent hooks or perhaps clasps that would have been forged on it. Lettering was pressed into the sides in the form of two "X"'s a bit hard to read, but I can make out something along the lines of Dasteel. I find it just a very satisfying and sculptural